battery shot?

w0158981 · Post by **w0158981** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:54 am

So my car won't start, i boost it and i can drive it as long as i want but as soon as i turn the key off, it wont start again and i need another boost. is it the battery or the alternator?

i thought since i could drive it and stays on once its turned on that my car was drawing power directly from the alternator....

nineball · Post by **nineball** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 3:16 pm

take it to an auto parts store and have both of them tested. only way to know for sure.

Post by **occasional demons** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 3:26 pm

You know the alternator is good enough to at least run the car. But that doesn't mean that it's not draining the battery when the engine is not running. I have had that problem in the past. So like nineball said....

w0158981 · Post by **w0158981** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:11 pm

sooo it was discoverd the car was just i don't know, took off terminals cleaned them up and now it works